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If fall sports are cancelled, I don't see a way back for years.
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<blockquote data-quote="TxFrog1999" data-source="post: 2892930" data-attributes="member: 322"><p><strong>Quick note before I begin:</strong> This <u><em>won't</em></u> devolve into a political post. Anyone that tries to derail this with rehashing political points already well documented in The Pit will get a short vacation. The point of this thread isn't to place blame at the feet of government officials or point fingers at political parties.</p><p></p><p>-----</p><p></p><p>Now that the twitter-vine is hyping the "news" that fall sports are on the cusp of being cancelled due to "Covid concerns" I'm left thinking we're not going to see college sports return for years to come. I don't see how administrations who are concerned with a single case of infection can allow sports to return under any circumstance in the future. Even after a vaccine for COVID is available and if it wildly exceeds the efficacy of all other respiratory vaccines currently on the market, it still won't be 100% effective against the virus. In fact, I'd be surprised given the mutation rate of this virus if we see a vaccine that is even 50% effective. So, how can these administrators allow sports to return under those circumstances given the current reasoning? What scenario using the current concerns over liability would ever be considered safe for the players and staff? </p><p></p><p>I believe this is the line, right now, and we're about to cross it and destroy hundreds of thousands of young lives forever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TxFrog1999, post: 2892930, member: 322"] [B]Quick note before I begin:[/B] This [U][I]won't[/I][/U] devolve into a political post. Anyone that tries to derail this with rehashing political points already well documented in The Pit will get a short vacation. The point of this thread isn't to place blame at the feet of government officials or point fingers at political parties. ----- Now that the twitter-vine is hyping the "news" that fall sports are on the cusp of being cancelled due to "Covid concerns" I'm left thinking we're not going to see college sports return for years to come. I don't see how administrations who are concerned with a single case of infection can allow sports to return under any circumstance in the future. Even after a vaccine for COVID is available and if it wildly exceeds the efficacy of all other respiratory vaccines currently on the market, it still won't be 100% effective against the virus. In fact, I'd be surprised given the mutation rate of this virus if we see a vaccine that is even 50% effective. So, how can these administrators allow sports to return under those circumstances given the current reasoning? What scenario using the current concerns over liability would ever be considered safe for the players and staff? I believe this is the line, right now, and we're about to cross it and destroy hundreds of thousands of young lives forever. [/QUOTE]
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